Orano Med Inaugurates a New Lead-212-Based Radioligand Therapies Production Site

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Orano Inaugurates a New Lead-212-Based Radioligand Therapies Production Site Earlier this October, Orano Med, a subsidiary of Orano (ENS Corporate Member), announced the inauguration of its ATLab (Alpha Therapy Laboratory) in Valenciennes, France. It is Europe’s first industrial-scale pharmaceutical facility dedicated to producing lead-212-based radioligand therapies. Lead-212 is increasingly recognised for its role in targeted alpha therapies (TATs),…

EDF Announces Investments For New Manufacturing Facility in France

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EDF Announces Investments For New Manufacturing Facility in France EDF (ENS Corporate Member), through its subsidiary Arabelle Solutions, has announced an investment of nearly €100 million to build a new factory in Chalon-sur-Saône, France,  which will supply equipment for France’s future construction programme of six EPR2 reactors, as well as eight additional potential EPR2 reactors,…

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CEA, Institut Curie and Thales Partner to Build World-First FLASH Radiotherapy Platform

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CEA, Institut Curie and Thales Partner to Build World-First FLASH Radiotherapy Platform CEA (ENS Corporate Member), Institut Curie and Thales have recently announced a partnership to design and install a unique Very High Energy Electron (VHEE) FLASH radiotherapy irradiator at Institut Curie’s Orsay site, as part of the FRATHEA project (Flash RAdiation THerapy Electron Acceleration),…

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Tractebel To Support HEXANA In Developing Its SMR

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Tractebel To Support HEXANA In Developing Its SMR Tractebel (ENS Corporate Member) signed a new partnership to support the French start-up HEXANA in developing its design of a Small Modular Reactor (SMR). HEXANA, a spin-off from CEA (ENS Corporate Member), aims to develop an SMR featuring a sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor, integrated with a high-temperature storage device.…

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CEA and Blue Capsule Cooperate To Decarbonise Industry

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CEA and Blue Capsule Cooperate To Decarbonise Industry CEA (France’s Alternative Energies & Atomic Energy Commission, ENS Corporate Member) and Blue Capsule, a spin-off of CEA based in Aix-en-Provence, signed a partnership agreement to extend the support to fields such as equipment and components, materials, calculation codes and TRISO-based fuel. Blue Capsule is developing a…

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CEA Creates Two Nuclear Start-Ups For SMR Development

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CEA Creates Two Nuclear Start-Ups For SMR Development CEA, the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (ENS Corporate Member) announced the creation of two nuclear start-ups, Hexana and Stellaria, which will focus on the development of different technologies for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). Hexana aims to develop an SMR featuring a sodium-cooled fast neutron…

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Framatome Announces New Investment Supporting Nuclear Medicine

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Framatome Announces New Investment Supporting Nuclear Medicine Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) announced that it acquired a minority stake in the French startup Global Morpho Pharma. With this investment, Framatome strengthens its activities serving nuclear medicine development and expands its support for the supply chain of Lutetium-177 and other promising isotopes for therapeutic applications. Global Morpho…